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After a marathon 14-hour markup in the House Agriculture Committee, US Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02) voted against the Republicans’ reconciliation bill that she said would cut over $300 billion in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

Inspired by the Lahaina wildfires, Kohala High’s Naʻau ʻŌiwi students created “emergency kalo rations,” which included freeze dried instant poi, kalo paʻa, kūlolo and laulau.

Kīlauea volcano entered its 22nd eruption episode early Friday morning, with lava fountains shooting up to 1,000 feet high, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Servco Pacific is Hawaiʻi’s largest private company with operations in the automotive and musical instruments industry.

The Transpacific Yacht Club will hold the 53rd edition of the Transpac Race this July, a 2,225-mile sailing competition from Los Angeles to Honolulu.

Hawaiʻi’s own, Kamalei Kawaʻa, made his mark on national television as a Top 20 finalist on NBC’s “The Voice” (Season 25) and is now stepping into a new chapter of his musical journey. The Maui-born artist debuts his island reggae band, ʻĀinaty, and the release of their debut single, ʻĀinaty. 

The $1.56 billion budget, which is $55 million more than Mayor Richard Bissen’s, is up for first reading today.

The Friends of Haleakalā National Park seeks enthusiastic and fit volunteers for a strenuous two-night backpacking service trip into the Haleakalā National Park’s Wilderness Areas from Saturday to Monday, June 14-16.  Volunteers will hike into the crater and stay in the Kapalaoa Wilderness Cabin.  

As of May 13, 53 traffic fatalities have occurred on Hawaiʻi’s roadways this year, a 51% increase from the same period last year when 35 deaths were recorded.

More than seven years after a fatal machete attack at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center, Kumulipo Sylva has been acquitted of manslaughter. The acquittal by 2nd Circuit Judge Kirstin Hamman follows a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court decision in December 2023 that overturned his original manslaughter conviction. Earlier this month, Hamman ordered Sylva transferred from the Hālawa Correctional […]

It isn’t every day that a four-masted sailing ship anchors off of Lahaina, but there she was — the 360-foot-long Esmeralda, a Chilean flag deployed for diplomacy and life-at-sea training for Chilean naval academy graduates.

The Maui Food Bank today announced that the National Association of Letter Carriers’ 33rd annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive collected over 26,000 pounds of food from Maui residents on Saturday, May 10. This community-wide effort will help provide meals to local families facing food insecurity.

Wildfire debris transfer, HECO updates, and financial counseling from Hale Mahaolu are among topics to be discussed.

Update: (May 23, 2025) The Hawai‘i Department of Health Maui Food Safety Branch allowed a Maui location of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue to reopen, issuing a green “pass” placard during a follow-up inspection on May 23, 2025. The establishment, operated by Maui L & L Food Inc., is located at 270 Dairy Road, Unit #170, Kahului, within the Maui Marketplace Food Court.

The Maui Chamber of Commerce is reminding the community that product vendor applications for the 12th Annual 2025 Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival are being accepted until the deadline of June 2.

Forecasters with NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center and Climate Prediction Center today said the outlook calls for 1 to 4 tropical cyclones across the central Pacific this season.

The County of Maui Department of Public Works is starting work Friday, May 16, 2025, on the installation of four speed tables on Pūlehu Road in the vicinity of the Central Maui Landfill. 

Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network Speaks! (HCAN Speaks!), a nonprofit advocacy organization supporting Hawaiʻi families, is celebrating the passage of several bills that are aimed at giving working families relief.

Hawaiʻi-based roaster Lion Coffee has launched a new 100% Maui Coffee made exclusively with beans from Mahi Pono Farms in Kahului.

Hawaiian Electric donated to Maui Economic Opportunity a total of 150 toiletry and hygiene items, including shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and laundry soap, to be given to Head Start preschool families and Community Services clients in need.